Base of Operations ~ Established

After a couple days of searching, I finally found a place to stay. My fellow flat mates are quite nice. I'm definitely the "old man" of the place. The place reminds me of a dorm come youth hostle. We have a common kitchen, communal area with TV, the promise of internet (but, I might just do mine at work), and a little back garden where one can chill out. My room faces the street and can be quite noisy with street traffic (ie - walkers & bikers) and the walls are thin, but I have ear plugs. In a couple weeks, I'll be able to tune out the sounds. I might buy a fan for my room to make some noise to cover the street sounds ~ at 3am, the street is SO still and SO quite ~ like they say in hushed whisper in the horror movies "It's too quite!!!"

The weather has been sunny and mid-70's the past three days. Most excellent! Yet, I'm afraid I've also caught a cold. My sinuses have been draining since I got here, and this morning I woke up to some chest congestion. Instead of sounding my "normal self," I sounded like James Earl Jones meets Barry White. I was two octaves lower than ususal! Suffering jet lag and sleepless nights have not helped either. Fortunately, I have this weekend to rest up, sleep in, and recover. I start my internship on Monday!!

I hope to post some pictures to my blogspot.
My Address: Erik Sayler, Obrechtstraat 418, 2517 VJ The Hague, Netherlands.
Mobile #: (31) 6-46695205 -- the 31 is the country code and 6 signifies it's a mobile number [note: i corrected my phone number; previous attempts using 06 instead of 6 wouldn't work from overseas]

Dat was alles voor dit moment! (sound very dutch-like, doesn't it?)

Cheers